Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence: Critical Reflections on the Uncertain Future of Peace

This book brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners working at the nexus of peace and development to reflect what impact Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals has made, or may yet make, towards reducing violence in ’all its forms’.

Timothy Donais is an associate professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he teaches in the area of peace and conflict studies. He has also served as Director of the Masters in International Public Policy program, and Co-Director of the Ph.D. program in Global Governance, both at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. His research interests are focused on peacebuilding, protection of civilians, and security sector reform. Tim is the author of Peacebuilding and Local Ownership: Post-conflict Consensus Building (Routledge, 2012) and The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia (Routledge, 2005).

Alistair D. Edgar is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and is cross-appointed to the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He teaches in the area of international relations and global governance. Recent publications include ＂The Changing Role of the United Nations in Managing Armed Conflict,＂ in Fen Osler Hampson, Alpaslan Ozerdem and Jonathan Kent (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development (Routledge, 2020). He is co-editor of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations.

Kirsten Van Houten is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Rights at the University of Winnipeg and Manitoba Association of Rights and Liberties. She has worked as an academic and practitioner at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus, since completing her Ph.D. in International Development Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has worked with Canadian political parties and Non-Governmental Organizations to advocate for improved policy on peacebuilding. Her research interests include peacebuilding, civil society, human rights, state fragility, Canadian foreign policy, and gender equality. Regionally her work has focussed on Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.